Saadiq v. State

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that as between the general definition of a “felony” and the definition of a “felony” provided in the felon in possession of a firearm statute, the latter controls in a prosecution for possession of a firearm by a felon
• observing for general-intent crimes, we ask: did the accused intend to do the proscribed act?
• noting “counsel’s duties in connection with a defendant’s guilty plea include advising the defendant of available alternatives and considerations important to counsel or the defendant in reaching a plea decision”
• reiterating distinction between direct and collateral consequences of a guilty plea
• when meaning of statute is clear, appellate court may not search for a meaning beyond the clear language
• collecting cases on distinction between direct and collateral consequences

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).